1980 Saturday Morning Flashback Playlist- April 12, 2025

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This week, Johnny Mars took us to 1980.  Former actor and CA Governor Ronald Reagan is elected to be the next President of The United States. Tom Selleck and his mustache debut as Magnum, P.I. on TV. Star Wars Episode V -The Empire Strikes Back hits big screens. Tune in Saturday morning from 9 to noon at 93.1FM, and stream from anywhere nationwide using the free Audacy app.
9AM
Joy Division- “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
The Eagles- “Seven Bridges Road” (Live)
The Kings- “This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide”
Queen- “Play The Game”
Split Enz- “I Got You”
Paul Simon- “Late In the Evening”
Squeeze- “Cool For Cats”
The Cars- “Touch and Go”
Rockpile- “Teacher Teacher”
Lonnie Brooks- “Sweet Home Chicago” (Live)
Steely Dan- Hey Nineteen

10AM
The Clash- “Pressure Drop”
John Mellencamp- “Ain’t Even Done With The Night”
John Lennon- “I’m Losing You”
Devo- “Girl U Want”
Elvis Costello- “(I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea”
Dire Straits- “Romeo and Juliet”
The Cure- “Boys Don’t Cry”
Heart- “Even It Up”
NRBQ- “Me And The Boys”
The Pretenders- “Mystery Achievement”
Echo & The Bunnymen- “Do It Clean”
11AM
Pete Townshend- “Rough Boys”
Rolling Stones- “Emotional rescue”
English Beat- “Tears Of A Clown”
The Brains- “Money Changes Everything”
B-52’s- “Private Idaho”
Bob Marley & The Wailers- “Redemption Song”
J. Geils Band- “Love Stinks”
Bruce Springsteen- “Ties That Bind”
Pater Gabriel- “Games Without Frontiers”
The Police- “When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around”
Gary Numan- “Cars”

Next week, Johnny Mars takes us to 1994. The eyes of the world were on Chicago as The World Cup opened with Chicago icon, Oprah Winfrey emceeing & then President Clinton greeting the crowd at Soldier Field. The Rolling Stones set up there for two days with their Voodoo Lounge Tour & Michael Jordan was playing baseball not basketball.

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